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cster 18 December 2009 10:37 AM

Getting £1,000,000 the hard way.
 
BBC News - US man freed by DNA evidence after 35 years in prison

stilover 18 December 2009 10:46 AM

Yeah, not the best way.

Scary that he was convicted largely on the victim identifying him. Especially when the victim was only 9 years old. Probably scared NOT to pick someone out of the line-up, so just picked someone.

Just hope that the boy (now a man) has some sort of guilt over having an innocent man sent to jail for the last 35 years.

Leslie 18 December 2009 11:28 AM

Terrible thing to lose 35 years of your life like that.

Hope the payment to him will help to get him established in a decent enough lifestyle to make up for it as much as possible.

Les

M444GY 18 December 2009 11:29 AM

wouldnt you be pissed off ! id be very miffed

EddScott 18 December 2009 11:47 AM

If he was in this country, we'd probably charge him bed and board.

He'd be lucky to get his BFH.

cster 18 December 2009 12:09 PM

Yeah - looks like his religious belief helped him out.
I'd just go mad.
I guess he didn't have the same lawyer OJ had.

EddScott 18 December 2009 12:24 PM

Should have gone with the Chewbacca Defense

Chewbacca defense - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

hodgy0_2 18 December 2009 06:29 PM

the US, try, convict and execute on the flimsiest of evidence imaginable

shocking really

they execute a lot of guilty people but quite a few innocent too

CrisPDuk 18 December 2009 07:04 PM

Wouldn't happen in this country :nono:

Our at least Police do a proper job of fabricating the evidence needed to get a conviction :Suspiciou

scixer6r 18 December 2009 07:06 PM

Good old american justice,1m dont seem so much for 35 years of your life.Most people probably wouldnt be around to see any so called justice.


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